Congratulations John and Karen! It was indeed a super migration night in the Finger Lakes. Our station is about 30 miles northwest of the Confer's and we had 40 little owls. That's 76 from just these two little points so imagine how many were coming over the broader Finger Lakes area the night of the 16th!!! We were busy from 2000 through 0200. Take a look at Paul Hurtado's NEXRAD summary page for the 16th and the 12th -amazing blooms throughout the Atlantic Flyway.
That same night stations up and down the coast, inland PA and VA all reported fantastic and record numbers of owls. In PA some 300 were banded at 9 stations. the banders in Georgia and Alabama are anxiously awaiting our owls (we hope). As we were working our nets we could hear an amazing number of owls in the general area that were vocalizing with wheezes, growls, grunts and whistles! We actually closed the station for an hour around when we also had at least 3 screechers and three great horned come too close for comfort! Nights like that should be once in a lifetime and we've been honored with two such this season! John and Sue -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
